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CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) — On Saturday, the Chicago Cubs and All-Star shortstop Dansby Swanson agreed to a $177 million, seven-year contract, adding the All-Star shortstop to their rebuilding endeavor.
According to two people familiar with the discussions who spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the contract was pending a physical, the pact contains a complete no-trade clause.
This season, Chicago went 74-88 and finished third in the NL Central. It was their second consecutive losing season, although they went 40-31 in their final 71 games.
Swanson's signing is the most significant of the Cubs' three major transactions since the season's end. On Wednesday, the organization sealed a $17.5 million, one-year contract with 2019 NL MVP Cody Bellinger, while right-hander Jameson Taillon agreed to a four-year, $68 million contract.
Nico Hoerner will most likely shift from shortstop to second base now that Swanson is in the lineup. With Bellinger in center, Chicago should be one of the top clubs in the league when it comes to up-the-middle defense.
The Cubs also strengthened their bullpen this week when they agreed to a one-year, $2.8 million contract with Brad Boxberger.
Swanson, 28, is coming off what was maybe his greatest big league season, batting. In 162 games, he batted 277 with 25 home runs and a career-high 96 RBIs. For the first time, the shortstop was named to the National League All-Star team and won his first Gold Glove.
While Atlanta was able to sign a handful of its young players to long-term contracts, it was unable to do so with Swanson. Swanson received a $19.65 million qualifying offer from the Braves after the team was ousted by Philadelphia in the NL Division Series. However, the Kennesaw, Georgia, native refused the offer.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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